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Barbara Bush: Things Working Out 'Very Well' for Poor Evacuees from New
Orleans 

By E&P Staff

Published: September 05, 2005 7:25 PM ET updated 8:00 PM


NEW YORK

 Accompanying her husband, former President George
 H.W.Bush, on a tour of hurricane relief centers in
 Houston, Barbara Bush said today, referring to the
 poor who had lost everything back home and evacuated,
"This is working very well for them."

 The former First Lady's remarks were aired this
 evening on National Public Radio's "Marketplace"
 program.

 She was part of a group in Houston today at the
 Astrodome that included her husband and former
 President Bill Clinton, who were chosen by her son,
 the current president, to head fundraising efforts for
 the recovery. Sen. Hilary Clinton and Sen. Barack
 Obama were also present.

 In a segment at the top of the show on the surge of
 evacuees to the Texas city, Barbara Bush said: "Almost
 everyone I¹ve talked to says we're going to move to
 Houston."

 Then she added: "What I¹m hearing which is sort of
 scary is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is
 so overwhelmed by the hospitality.

 "And so many of the people in the arena here, you
 know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she
 chuckles slightly) is working very well for them."